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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
May. 04, 2010
Bruno Cartal, Montelier, FR;
Nicolas Basset, Saint Paul Trois Chateaux, FR;
Didier Tresse, Saint Laurent d'Onay, FR;
Bruno Cartal, Montelier, FR;
Nicolas Basset, Saint Paul Trois Chateaux, FR;
Didier Tresse, Saint Laurent d'Onay, FR;
Solystic, Gentilly Cedex, FR;
Abstract
In a method of sorting mailpieces in a plurality of sorting passes in a postal sorting machine () provided with sorting outlets so as to sequence the mailpieces in the sorting outlets for delivery in the order of a delivery round, delivery points defining the delivery round are grouped together into disjoint subsets of delivery points. For the various sorting passes, the delivery points of each subset are associated every time with a common sorting outlet. Statistical data () is retrieved from a memory of the machine, which data is associated with respective ones of said delivery points, and is representative of the volume of mail delivered in association with the delivery point in question, and successive delivery points are grouped together into a common subset of delivery points by taking account of said statistical data associated with said delivery points.